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Derogatory word, describing person (a pupil) who memorizes instead of learning?
Apologies if I am asking something that is well known, but I am not a native English speaker, and I could not find an answer so far.
In my native language, there exists a (derogatory) word for pupils,...
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Is there a word to describe someone who tends to disagree with others only to upset them?
What's the word to describe someone who acts arrogantly and always disagrees with others unreasonably in order to upset people around him/her?
[I'm not looking for adjectives like unpleasant, ...
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What would you call someone who imposes on other people's generosity?
What would you call someone who isn't afraid to ask for money or any kind of favor or who misinterprets someone's generosity for a consistent resource for what they need?
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What Are Some Pejorative Terms for the Words "Boat" or "Ship"? [closed]
There should be dozens of them, but I'm stumped here. Nothing other than "tub" and "frying pan" comes to mind. If someone witty wished to insult your boat, yacht, or ship, what would he or she call it?...
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English word for taking a derogatory term and owning it with pride
E.g. "geek" or "queer" were originally meant as an insulting term, but were taken by the recipients as titles of pride.
Is there a term for this phenomenon?
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A derogatory term for a book or other printed material
I am looking for a contemptuous or belittling word or phrase that would describe something that has been published (not necessarily a book) but is of inferior quality, and a waste of paper. It can be ...
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Derogatory term for a corporate employee
I’m looking for a derogatory term for a person who works in a big, international business.
In Polish we have a few informal words for that, like korpoludek (“corpo little guy”) and korpoczłowiek (“...
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A derogatory word for a splendid person
In Swedish there is a word "präktig" that can be used to describe a person that is annoyingly decent, reliable and good in every way. The common translation is "splendid" but that doesn't sound ...
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Single-word synonym for a “pedantic rule-follower”?
What do you call a person who always follows the rules, at the expense of everything else? I’m thinking there’s one word that can describe this, but I can’t place it.
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What do you call a person who is regionally biased?
What do you call a person who is regionally biased and has an unreasonable hatred/dislike for people from other regions of the country/world? Something like a racist, but the point of discrimination ...
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What would you call a person who doesn't want to learn anything new?
What would you call a person who doesn't want to learn new things and even maybe thinks that this is unnecessary since he knows enough already? An ignorant person?
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What do you call a person who is always noisy on the Internet?
Noisy, in a way, that he always post on Facebook or Twitter anything he did like it is his diary, always commenting other people's posts, retweets every minute or hour, etc. An attention whore or ...
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What is a word that could define someone who likes to cause conflict?
What would you call someone who does things knowing specifically that his/her actions will cause pain and/or conflict or completes an action just to get someone in trouble or hurt them?
For example, ...
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What do you call someone who thinks everyone is incompetent (doesn't know anything)?
I'm looking for a way to describe someone who thinks everyone is incompetent (that is, doesn't know anything) and always has to explain every minute (small) detail because his perception of the person'...
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